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Wages, slave, 37 , 74 , 126 , 179 , 195 ;

accumulation of capital by slaves from, 69 -70, 110 -11, 113 -17, 126 -28, 209 -11, 233 n22;

augmenting of slaves' rights by, 112 -13;

burden of, 127 -28, 204 ;

dependence of urban society on, 107 -8, 233 n10;

division between master and slave, 23 , 25 , 53 , 64 -65, 109 -10, 127 -28, 163 ;

enlargement of marital choice by, 151 -52;

guarantee of, in ownership transfers, 169 , 170 , 173 , 240 n15;

as interest payment on manumission loan, 76 -77;

in patronato , 76 , 230 n51;

payment by panadería , 182 , 187 , 212 ;

profits to owners from, 108 -10, 115 -16;

retroactive payment of, after abolition, 78 ;

from sale of free labor, 69 -70;

as source of capital for slaveholders, 64 -65;

as source of marital tension, 259 -60, 161 ;

support of children from, 123 , 124 , 126 -27;

testamentary manumission as repayment of, 70 -71

Walker, Charles, 223 n28

Wars of independence: guerrilla activity in, 90 -91;

impact on urban labor, 22 -23;

involvement of slaves in, 21 -22, 23 , 25 , 28 , 86 -88, 222 n21;

lives of slaves during, 23 , 25 ;

promises of freedom for slaves, 26 , 86 -87, 90 , 223 n22;

survival of slavery after, 26 -27, 28

Westphalia Treaty, 8

White, Deborah G., 206

Will (testament), 70 -73, 111 -12, 233 n15

Womb assignment, 12 , 21 , 120 , 126 , 179

Women, 54 ;

competition for, 155 , 235 n4;

departure from haciendas, 32 -33, 80 -83, 84 , 93 , 204 , 205 , 230 n58;

distribution of, in slave population, 42 , 43 , 44 -46, 95 , 129 , 221 n4, 226 n11;

fertility of, 47 -50, 48 -49;

in labor market, 84 , 113 -15, 116 -17, 205 ;

sexual relations with slaveholders, 129 -37, 138 -39, 155 , 200 -201, 206 -7;

social status of, 205 -6;

subordination in marriage, 159 -66, 207


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